{"id":83,"date":"2012-06-09T17:49:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markmolchan.com\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2022-03-19T06:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T06:00:36","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.markmolchan.com\/?page_id=83","title":{"rendered":"BIO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mark Molchan<\/b>\u00a0is an illustrator based out of Portland, OR.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the comic book artists and illustrators of the 60&#8217;s, 70&#8217;s, and 80&#8217;s, he has produced gallery work, murals, illustrations, portraits, and landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>Mark is currently working with Dark Horse Comics to create covers for James Cameron&#8217;s Avatar series.<\/p>\n<p>He has been published in <i>Spectrum Fantastic Art<\/i>\u00a0annual and the\u00a0<i>Infected by Art<\/i> annual, where his work won Bronze in the digital category,\u00a0 5th and Honorable Mention in Grand Prize Winner, and graced the cover of <em>IBA<\/em> #8.<\/p>\n<p>He also created artwork for the <b>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>Tomb Raider Reborn\u00a0<\/b>IP\u2019s for the official\u00a0<i>Bethesda<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Square Enix<\/i>\u00a0stores, as well as working with Jon Schindehette for the\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/theartorder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtOrder<\/a><\/b>\u00ae brand.<\/p>\n<p>His graphite piece <i>\u201cThe Return\u201d<\/i>\u00a0was nominated for a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asfa-art.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Chesley Award<\/b><\/a>\u00a0in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Mark published &#8220;The Bear Inside&#8221; children&#8217;s book in 2016, and started developing his own IP <em>&#8220;Snow Day&#8221; in<\/em> 2017 by releasing a line of Holiday cards, &#8220;<em>The Snowman&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>&#8220;Winter Whimsy&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>through <b><a href=\"http:\/\/theartorder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArtOrder<\/a><\/b>\u00ae Publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing projects include scene and prop production for Nutcracker Vignettes (the drive-thru Nutcracker show) in Portland, in partnership with Classical Ballet Academy. As well as poster and ad design for their annual ballet shows.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">mmmolchan@aol.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mark.molchan.73\/<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markmolchan\/<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Freelance Artist and Illustrator&#8230;.1989 to present<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Muralist, Design, Team Leader \u00a0Monterey County&#8217;s One Voice Arts and Leadership Program, \u00a0Monterey, CA \u00a0 2002-2004<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Muralist, Illustrator with John Pugh, Muralist \u00a0http:\/\/artofjohnpugh.com\/ \u00a01996-2001<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Illustrator, Design and Fabrication of interactive museum exhibits @\u00a0Heart Institute of the Desert, Rancho Mirage CA. \u00a01991-1996<\/span><\/h4>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Molchan\u00a0is an illustrator based out of Portland, OR. Inspired by the comic book artists and illustrators of the 60&#8217;s, 70&#8217;s, and 80&#8217;s, he has produced gallery work, murals, illustrations, portraits, and landscapes. Mark is currently working with Dark Horse Comics to create covers for James Cameron&#8217;s Avatar series. 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